A spoonful of microplastics: Study finds brains accumulate 30 times more than other organs
"This is the equivalent of an entire standard plastic spoon." In the case of the brain samples, all from the frontal cortex, ...
Your brain may have a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics, study finds
A recent study has found microplastics are accumulating in the human brain, with potential connections to diseases such as ...
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You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
By 2024, the average brain studied by scientists at the University of New Mexico contained the equivalent of one plastic throw-away spoon, about 7 grams worth, said Dr. Matthew Campen, a ...
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Do black plastic utensils pose a health risk?
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Closing in on an end to plastic pollution
After two years of talks, we are closer to securing a treaty for the ages. One that hits the problem of plastic pollution hard and protects human, planetary and economic health. A high degree of ...
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How much of your aluminium can, glass jar or plastic bottle has been recycled?
ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles — to see just how much of each makes it through ...
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Wetherspoons is planning to open pubs abroad in top holiday hotspots this year
Sir Tim Martin said that Spoons was considering franchises overseas after a string of successful partnerships in the UK. It means that Brits abroad can soon look forward to Spoons in the sunshine.